Thursday, July 31, 2008

Fwd: Daily News Digest: Politics News

Today's Politics News:

Obama's convention crowd: Biggest phone bank ever
Obama campaign rejects rapper Ludacris' rhymes
McCain camp compares Obama to Spears, Hilton
Obama: McCain thinks nation on the 'right track'
McCain’s cacophonous Cabinet
Details sometimes fall away as McCain campaigns
AdWatch: McCain ad casts Obama as empty celebrity
Broad tobacco regulation bill clears House
FDA finds salmonella strain at second Mexican farm
Scalia takes to stage to tell lawyers how to win
UN: NKorea facing worst food crisis since 1990s
--> Obama's convention crowd: Biggest phone bank ever
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:01 pm PDT
AP - Those 75,000 Democrats who will pack a football stadium for Barack Obama's
conventionspeech won't be there just to whoop and holler on television. They'll form the
world'slargest phone bank to boost voter registration — fired-up supporters using
computertargeting the campaign has spent months putting together. Full Story Top
Obama campaign rejects rapper Ludacris' rhymes
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:32 pm PDT
AP - Barack Obama's presidential campaign said Wednesday that a new rhyme by
supporterand rapper Ludacris is "outrageously offensive" to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton,
RepublicanSen. John McCain and President Bush. Full Story Top
McCain camp compares Obama to Spears, Hilton
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:10 pm PDT
AP - John McCain's presidential campaign on Wednesday released a withering
televisionad comparing Barack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, suggesting the
Democraticcontender is little more than a vapid but widely recognized media concoction. Full Story
Top
Obama: McCain thinks nation on the 'right track'
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:39 pm PDT
AP - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Wednesday his Republican
rivalJohn McCain "thinks we're on the right track," drawing a chorus of boos from a swingstate
audience vocal about the status quo. Full Story Top
McCain’s cacophonous Cabinet
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:57 pm PDT
Politico - Republican faithful have grumbled in recent weeks about the lack of a
consistentmessage from John McCain’s campaign on key issues, leading observers to wonderwhat
McCain’s top advisers are thinking. Full Story Top
Details sometimes fall away as McCain campaigns
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:10 pm PDT
AP - Details can bedevil any presidential candidate. Republican John McCain
announcedthis week that he backs an anti-affirmative action referendum that has drawn sharpdebate
in Arizona, his home state. Then he added a curious note: He doesn't knowthat much about it. Full
Story Top
AdWatch: McCain ad casts Obama as empty celebrity
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:37 pm PDT
AP - TITLE: "Celeb" Full Story Top
Broad tobacco regulation bill clears House
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:20 pm PDT
Reuters - Legislation to give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration broad authority to
regulatecigarettes and other forms of tobacco cleared the U.S. House of Representatives
onWednesday. Full Story Top
FDA finds salmonella strain at second Mexican farm
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:32 pm PDT
AP - The salmonella strain linked to a nationwide outbreak has been found in
irrigationwater and in a sample from a batch of serrano peppers at a Mexican farm, federalhealth
officials said Wednesday. Full Story Top
Scalia takes to stage to tell lawyers how to win
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:53 pm PDT
AP - It's a pretty good crowd for a summer Friday morning at Kennedy Center. From
stageright (where else?) Justice Antonin Scalia enters. Full Story Top
UN: NKorea facing worst food crisis since 1990s
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:41 am PDT
AP - Flooding and poor harvests have caused North Korea's worst food crisis since
thelate 1990s and have put millions at risk, the United Nations' food agency said Wednesday. Full
Story

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Fwd: Daily News Digest: World News

Today's World News:

Israeli PM to resign, won't run in party primary
Nonaligned countries back Iran's nuclear program
Karadzic in UN custody in Netherlands
Zimbabwe drops 10 zeros from inflated currency
Beijing pollution index shows improvement
400 Russian troops leave separatist Abkhazia
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,125
Bin Laden's driver denies making loyalty oath
U.N. council set to renew Darfur peacekeeping mandate
Thai court convicts Thaksin's wife of tax evasion
Maori tribe in autonomy talks with NZ government
--> Israeli PM to resign, won't run in party primary
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:13 pm PDT
AP - Facing burgeoning corruption allegations and plummeting popularity, Prime
MinisterEhud Olmert said Wednesday he will resign in September, throwing Israel into
politicalturmoil and raising doubts about prospects for peace with the Palestinians and Syria.
Full Story Top
Nonaligned countries back Iran's nuclear program
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:46 pm PDT
AP - More than 100 nonaligned nations backed Iran's right to peaceful uses of nuclearpower on
Wednesday, an endorsement sought by Tehran in its standoff with the U.N.Security Council over its
refusal to freeze uranium enrichment. Full Story Top
Karadzic in UN custody in Netherlands
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:00 pm PDT
AP - The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has Radovan Karadzic in custody, 13 years
afterindicting the Bosnian Serb leader on genocide charges. Full Story Top
Zimbabwe drops 10 zeros from inflated currency
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:41 pm PDT
AP - Zimbabwe announced Wednesday that it is knocking 10 zeros off its
hyper-inflatedcurrency — a move that turns 10 billion dollars into one. Full Story Top
Beijing pollution index shows improvement
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:13 am PDT
AP - Beijing's pollution levels dropped Wednesday to less than half of the previous
day's,the lowest reading since authorities began pulling cars off the road and shuttingdown
factories to address athletes' concerns about air quality ahead of the OlympicGames. Full Story
Top
400 Russian troops leave separatist Abkhazia
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:12 pm PDT
AP - About 400 Russian troops left a separatist-held region of Georgia on Wednesday
aftercompleting restoration work on a railroad linking Abkhazia with Russia. Full Story Top
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,125
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:19 pm PDT
AP - As of Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at least 4,125 members of the U.S. military havedied in
the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Presscount. Full Story
Top
Bin Laden's driver denies making loyalty oath
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:16 pm PDT
AP - A former driver for Osama bin Laden denied Wednesday that he had sworn a loyaltyoath to
the al-Qaida leader, contradicting potentially damaging testimony from aDefense Department
interrogator. Full Story Top
U.N. council set to renew Darfur peacekeeping mandate
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:25 pm PDT
Reuters - The U.N. Security Council is set to renew a mandate for peacekeepers in
Sudan'swar-ravaged Darfur region on Thursday in a resolution calling for redoubled effortsto end a
5-year humanitarian disaster. Full Story Top
Thai court convicts Thaksin's wife of tax evasion
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:42 pm PDT
AFP - The wife of Thailand's deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was
convictedThursday of tax evasion in the first ruling against his family since the 2006 coupthat
toppled him from power. Full Story Top
Maori tribe in autonomy talks with NZ government
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:39 pm PDT
AP - A rebellious New Zealand Maori tribe entered into negotiations with the
governmentThursday in a bid to gain autonomy over its land. Full Story Top

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Fwd: Daily News Digest: Technology News

Nokia to beef up venture fund, expand in China
Review: In an iPod Nano world, some rivals lure
Project to rebuild Internet gets ${dlvDollarSign}12M, bandwidth
Next space tourist spending bulk of fortune to fly
Microsoft takes mouse maker to court
NPR to offer webcast of Newport music festivals
Atty: Britney wants no contact with Sam Lutfi
Sprint Updates Its Mobile Web Browser
Cloud Computing Dream Team
Rebooting Windows: How To Recover From Vista Crashes
Toshiba's Former CEO to Join IBM Board
Scrabble on Facebook Crashes, and EA Blames Hackers
--> Nokia to beef up venture fund, expand in China
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:03 pm PDT
AP - Nokia Corp. is more than doubling the size of its direct venture investment fundwith an
injection of ${dlvDollarSign}150 million, with a view to putting some of the money to usein India
and China. Full Story Top
Review: In an iPod Nano world, some rivals lure
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:25 am PDT
AP - It's easy to understand the appeal of Apple Inc.'s iPod Nano music and video
player:It's slim and simple to use, and it has a crisp 2-inch LCD screen. Its brand nameis
considered synonymous with hip tech gear. Full Story Top
Project to rebuild Internet gets ${dlvDollarSign}12M, bandwidth
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:23 pm PDT
AP - A massive project to redesign and rebuild the Internet from scratch is inching alongwith
${dlvDollarSign}12 million in government funding and donations of network capacity by two
majorresearch organizations. Full Story Top
Next space tourist spending bulk of fortune to fly
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:50 pm PDT
AP - The world's next space tourist, a computer game wizard, said Wednesday he's
spendingthe bulk of his fortune on his ${dlvDollarSign}30 million adventure this fall. Full Story
Top
Microsoft takes mouse maker to court
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:40 pm PDT
CNET - Microsoft, which is no stranger to being on the receiving end of patent
infringementclaims, now finds itself on the other side of the legal docket. Full Story Top
NPR to offer webcast of Newport music festivals
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:16 pm PDT
AP - Music fans unable to attend the Newport folk and jazz festivals will be able to listento
some concerts online. Full Story Top
Atty: Britney wants no contact with Sam Lutfi
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:12 pm PDT
AP - An attorney for Britney Spears said Wednesday that he will not seek an
extensionfor a restraining order against Osama "Sam" Lutfi, but that doesn't mean the popstar
wants her former sidekick back in her life. Full Story Top
Sprint Updates Its Mobile Web Browser
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:08 pm PDT
TechWeb - InformationWeek- Dubbed "Sprint Web," the interface includes an adaptive homepage
anda Google search bar. Full Story Top
Cloud Computing Dream Team
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:15 pm PDT
TechWeb - I'm still sorting through the last bits of my OSCON trip notes, but one
strikingconversation I had was with Byrne Reese of SixApart about people who violate theend-user
licensing of for-pay editions of OSS apps. Do we sic the open source copson them? I'd like to
think not. Full Story Top
Rebooting Windows: How To Recover From Vista Crashes
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:18 pm PDT
TechWeb - InformationWeek- We've pulled together a passel of little-known software backup and
repair techniquesso you won't have to reinstall Vista from scratch, if it gets trashed or hitsa
fatal startup error. Full Story Top
Toshiba's Former CEO to Join IBM Board
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:50 pm PDT
PC World - IBM's board of directors has appointed Taizo Nishimuro, former president andCEO of
Toshiba, to serve on the board from later... Full Story Top
Scrabble on Facebook Crashes, and EA Blames Hackers
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:52 pm PDT
NewsFactor - Facebook's online Scrabble application came up blank Wednesday as an
apparenthacker attack pulled down the application. Game maker Electronic Arts, partneringwith
Hasbro, the publisher of Scrabble, released a statement that read in part, ""We'reworking with our
partners to resolve this issue and have Scrabble back online andready to play as soon as
possible." Full Story Top


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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Fwd: Alcatel-Lucent CEO, Chairman Resign

> Alcatel-Lucent CEO, Chairman Resign
> Alcatel-Lucent chairman and chief executive step aside and the company lowers profit
> expectations yet again -- further evidence that Asian rivals, Ericsson and Nortel are taking
> market share
> http://www.ciozone.com/index.php/Reuters/Loss-making-Alcatel-Lucent-dumps-CEO-and-chairman.html
>


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